For both third-party commercial applications and custom applications, the
HiT ODBC family of products provides high-performance, secure, reliable access to DB2 data. Enterprises
looking for an ODBC solution to access DB2 data should consider HiT ODBC products for the following
reasons:

Effective use of native IBM protocols for performance and reliability

Non-invasive approach with no software to install on DB2 servers

Secure data transmission when used with HiT SafeConduct for data encryption
and digital certificate authentication

HiT/ODBC DB2 can be used with all major application development tools
that support the Windows ODBC standard. Additionally, hundreds of third-party software products
can use HiT ODBC/DB2 for business intelligence, decision support, query/reporting, data replication,
and data mining. Support is also included for the most common DB2 server single and double
character sets. Multi-threading support and re-entrancy support ensure the scalability and high
performance for client applications. As sixth generation middleware, HiT ODBC/DB2 is extremely
reliable and has evolved a robust feature set.

HiT ODBC/DB2 can be used with HiT SSL Server, an all-Java, standards-based encryption and
authentication server to secure SQL data flows over TCP/IP networks. It prevents unauthorized
access to data by transparently enabling the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol between HiT
ODBC DB2 and the system where HiT SSL Server is installed.

In the Server version, HiT ODBC/DB2 allows an administrator to pre-define
data sources for server and downstream Windows clients. These data sources are maintained at the
server and cannot be modified.

HiT ODBC/DB2 also supports IBM DB2 password expiration security. A read-only
version driver is included for query-only client applications.

HiT ODBC Server/DB2 (for DB2 for LUW or for DB2 for z/OS) provides a secure, centralized, Open
Database Connectivity (ODBC) service for Windows Server applications and for ODBC client applications.
HiT ODBC Server/DB2 enables Windows Server software, such as Microsoft IIS, access to DB2 data and
thereby to clients of the server software. HiT ODBC Server/DB2 enables NT Server software, such
as Microsoft IIS, access to DB2 data and thereby to clients of the server software.

Configurations

HiT ODBC Server/DB2 can be used in two configurations:

Server ODBC Applications

A Windows NT server application or service locally uses the ODBC service
to access DB2 data and redirect it where necessary. For example, using the Microsoft IIS web
server and Active Server Pages, downstream web browser clients can access DB2 data.

For Client ODBC Applications

A thin client presents the ODBC API to a Windows client application and
transports the ODBC commands to the ODBC service. Only server-defined data sources are available
to client ODBC applications. For example, a custom Visual Basic application uses the thin client
ODBC API to access DB2 data via the ODBC service.